Peanut-vine stripper.



0.660944. Patented on. 30, I900.

r. w. BOWEN.

PEANUT vma STRIPPER.

(Applicatiox; filed Jan, 27, 1900.)

(lo Modal.)

Y UNITED STATES PATE T OFFICE.

FREMONT W. BOWEN, OFPARADISE, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.

PEANUT-VINE STRIPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 660,944, dated October30, 1900. Application filed January 27, 1900. Serial No. 3,017. (Nomodel.)

To v'tZZ whom, it may concern Be it known that I, FREMONT W. BOWEN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Paradise, in the county ofPayne, Oklahoma Territory, have invented a new and useful Peanut-VineStripper, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to vine-strippers, and more particularly to thatclass of machines for threshing peanuts; and it has forits object toproduce such a machine as will be light, simple, and efficient; and itconsists in the combination and improved construction of parts of thesame, as will be hereinafter more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, in which the same reference-numeralsindicate corresponding parts in each of the views in which they occur,Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved peanut-thresher. Fig. 2 isa rear end vie w, and Fig. 3 is a broken sectional view.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 indicates the support ofmy machine, which may be of any suitable size and shape and ispreferably provided with wheels for transporting it from one place toanother. Mounted upon the same by means of the posts 2 is an inclinedtop or cover 3, the inner surface of which is provided with teeth 4.Journaled in the front of the frame I and the rear posts, respectively,-are two rollers 5 and 6, upon which is mounted an endless belt orconveyer 7. Secured to this belt, preferably by means of strips 8 ofleather or other suitable material, are projecting teeth or fingers 9.The strips are arranged at such a distance from each other that theteeth,which are preferably spring-steel, will pass up between the rowsof teeth in the cover. The belt or conveyer is located so close to thetop or cover that the teeth of the two will run intercurrent with eachother-that is, the points of those on the cover will extend below thetips of those on the conveyer, but without engaging therewith. In thismanner they will engage with the vines, and the teeth in the cover willhold them back, while those on the conveyer will slowly carry themforward, at the same time stripping oi? the peanuts and carrying them tothe top of the conveyer.

The upper part of the conveyer is supported between the rollers upon aplatform 7l,which lies parallel with the cover 3, which is secured tothe posts and to the forward end of the frame.

Extending to the rear from the tops of the rear posts is a series ofdownwardly-inclined rods 10, upon which the vines will fall as they aredischarged from the conveyer and will be deposited at a suitabledistance to the rear of the machine. Directly below the rods is aninclined riddle or screen ll, upon which the peanuts and smaller piecesof the vines will fall. The peanuts will pass through the screen, whilethe parts of the vine will slide off to the rear.

Journaled one above the other in the rear posts are twofans 12 and 13,the upper one of which is smaller than the other one and is located justbelow the front edge of the riddle, and the lower one is near thebottom. Secured to or supported upon the rear end of the frame is areceptacle 14, provided with compartments into which the nuts aredeposited as they are delivered from the top of the conveyer. In passingfrom the conveyer to this receptacle'the nuts are subjected to theblasts from the fans, which will cause the lighter nuts to be carriedfarther to the rear and be deposited in the rear compartment of thereceptac e, while the heavier nuts are deposited in the forwardcompartment. By making the lower fan larger than the upper one thecurrent is made stronger and will tend to further deflect the lighternuts, and thus effect a more perfect division. Any lighter particlesthat may not have been blown far enough to the rear by the upper fanwill be carried beyond the receptacle, and thus the nuts will beperfectly cleaned as well as graded by my machine. Jonrnaled in eachcompartment of the receptacle is a screw conveyer 15, which graduallymoves the nuts to one end of the compartment from which they are removedthrough an opening in the usual manner. If desired, the machine may beboxed upthatis, inclosed at its sidesor left open, as shown in thedrawings.

Power is applied to my machine through the lower roller 5 by means of anordinary beltwheel or tumbling-shaft (not shown) which will operate theconveyer, the fans, and the screws in the compartments at the rear ofthe machine. To convey the power from the roller 5 to the fans andscrews, its shaft is provided with two belt-wheels 16 and 17, and twobelts 18 and 19 extend therefrom to similar wheels 20 and 21 on the endsof one of the fan-shafts and one of the screwshafts, respectively.Shorter belts 22 and 23 extend from these shafts to belt-wheels 24 and25 on the shafts of the other fan and screw.

In operation power is applied to the roller 5, and the vines to bethreshed are fed to the conveyer at the lower end, from whence they arecarried to the upper end and delivered to the rods projecting from therear of the machine. The vines and lighter trash are blown to the rearby the fans, while the nuts are gradedanddeliveredintothereceptacles,from which they are removed ready to besent to market. It is apparent that beans, peas, and

other similar plants can be run through my machine and threshed,cleaned, and graded ready for the market.

Although I have shown what I consider the best form of machine forcarrying out my invention, I reserve to myself the right to make suchchanges and alterations in the same as will come within the scope of myinvention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-- In apeanut-threshing machine, the combination, with a frame, of poststhereon, an inclined cover on the tops of the posts, the inner surfaceof which is provided With downwardly-extending teeth, a roller journaledin the front of the frame, a roller and two fans jonrnal'ed in the rearposts, a toothed conveyer over said rollers, and adjacent to the cover,a series of rearwardly and downwardly extending rods and an inclinedscreen secn red to the rear posts between the upper fan and the end ofthe conveyor, the screen being below the rods, and a receptacle at therear end of the frame directly beneath the screen and divided intocompartments, one in front of the other, and means for removing the nutstherefrom, substantially as described.

FREMONT W. BOWEN.

Witnesses:

E. E. Goon, F. C. LINCOLN.

